"...Heads many a list of all-time cinematic favorites....Stunning..." New York Times "...An audience favorite from the beginning -- and a creative influence on a generation of filmmakers..." USA Today "...THE SEARCHERS contains scenes of magnificence, and one of John Wayne's best performances. There are shots that are astonishingly beautiful..." Chicago Sun-Times "...A masterpiece..." Total Film "...The Western that bowled over a generation of film schoolers, from Lucas to Scorsese to Spielberg..."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]ender and insightful. It will cut you up." Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "Ford's picture is relentlessly unpretentious; tackling Big Themes without neon-slicking them or telling us what to think." Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a thoughtful, and rather dark piece....Ford used Monument Valley as a canvas for the breathtaking photography." Ultimate DVD19.46229

"...Heads many a list of all-time cinematic favorites....Stunning..." New York Times "...An audience favorite from the beginning -- and a creative influence on a generation of filmmakers..." USA Today "...THE SEARCHERS contains scenes of magnificence, and one of John Wayne's best performances. There are shots that are astonishingly beautiful..." Chicago Sun-Times "...A masterpiece..." Total Film "...The Western that bowled over a generation of film schoolers, from Lucas to Scorsese to Spielberg..."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]ender and insightful. It will cut you up." Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "Ford's picture is relentlessly unpretentious; tackling Big Themes without neon-slicking them or telling us what to think." Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a thoughtful, and rather dark piece....Ford used Monument Valley as a canvas for the breathtaking photography." Ultimate DVD19.46229

"...[The story] feels nourishingly archetypal, especially John Wayne's turn as the outlaw Ringo Kid..." Entertainment Weekly "...This is myth-making writ large, full of Ford's enduring themes, daring stunt work, and peerless eye for composition..." Premiere "[T]he DVD breathes life into Ford's character study of sundry stagecoach passenger types..." USA Today "[Wayne] sauntered into stardom after a decade in movies as the Ringo Kid, a charming outlaw bend on revenge." Uncut "[A] thrilling western about a group of travelers whose Arizona stage ride lands them smack in the midst of an apache uprising..."New York Times "STAGECOACH gives fine shading to a simple story, making it look and feel like a forgotten American myth." -- Grade: AA.V. Club "Action-packed and jaw-droppingly epic, STAGECOACH is the perfect Western to show to people who don't like Westerns." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "A classic as sharply defined and indelible as the sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, John Ford's 1939 Western is in every sense a landmark."Sight and Sound "[T]here's still a sophistication to STAGECOACH that goes well beyond its silent movie and stage melodrama roots....A small film but it casts a long shadow."Empire19.46229

5 stars out of 5 -- "Warm, witty and endlessly welcoming....It's arguably the quintessential Hawks flick."Total Film "Hawks' picture is about standing up for yourself, embracing responsibility and acting with integrity....The film is subtle, good-natured, funny and charming."Empire19.46229

"Director Howard Hawks' swan song was RIO LOBO, which teamed him for the fifth and final time with John Wayne..."USA Today "[I]t has a pleasing, insouciant attitude to pace, preferring laid-back humour and relaxed rhythms."Total Film19.46229

"Director Howard Hawks' swan song was RIO LOBO, which teamed him for the fifth and final time with John Wayne..."USA Today "[I]t has a pleasing, insouciant attitude to pace, preferring laid-back humour and relaxed rhythms."Total Film19.46229

"...It's a splendid entertainment....The film's look and feel seem way ahead of its time..." Los Angeles Times "...It comes off as one of the better early talkies..." USA Today "This is a wagon-train movie with Wayne's scout at the center....It's interesting to see his persona in this embryonic form....What's really compelling is the authenticity of the wagon train's journey."Sight and Sound19.46229